Greek composer Vangelis, best known for his Oscar winning score to the 1981 film Chariots of Fire, passed away on Tuesday in a Paris hospital due to complications from COVID-19. He was 79.
Vangelis was also noted for his score for Blade Runner starring Harrison Ford and his collaborations with Yes lead singer Jon Anderson in the duo Jon & Vangelis. Together they released four albums during the 1980's and early 1990's.
My first introduction to the music Vangelis (without knowing it at the time) was for the music used in the 1980 PBS TV series Cosmos: A Personal Voyage by Carl Sagan including the theme song "Heaven and Hell" which was the third movement of title track on an album recorded by Vangelis in 1975.
You could truly say that Vangelis' pioneering use of electronic music was out of this world. R.I.P.
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